dcHokie
Well-Known Member
Blending veterans, care to share experience/advice?
I've got an 18 month old and a year old sour that I'll be bottling soon (both in the .094 range). I'd like to steal a gallon or two from each to blend, with a quasi-solera project in mind. With that blend I'd like to add some cherries and another gallon or two of some 4/5 month old sours.
Questions:
I've got an 18 month old and a year old sour that I'll be bottling soon (both in the .094 range). I'd like to steal a gallon or two from each to blend, with a quasi-solera project in mind. With that blend I'd like to add some cherries and another gallon or two of some 4/5 month old sours.
Questions:
- Should I be purging vessels with CO2 when blending?
- Should the young wort get added to the blend first and then wait some months before adding fruit, or could the fruit and new wort be added simultaneously?
- Will the bugs in the young wort keep working in that environment once blended or should I pitch a little extra brett/dregs after a few weeks?